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In this tutorial you will learn how to create a Wild West Wooden Sign that would work great for many different applications. In this tutorial the end result will become a very unique navigation system, for a website. Here is an example of what we will be making with this tutorial:

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Step 1.)
Create a new document in photoshop that is 500x500 in size.

Step 2.)
Press CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + J on your keyboard to create a new layer. Name this new layer "Plank".

Get out the Rectangle Marquee Tool () and make a square selection as l have done here:

Next get out the Polygonal Lasso Tool (). Now while holding down the ALT key on your keyboard, deselect the ends of the rectangle selection as l have done here. The key is to make the de-selections random, to appear as though it's a plank of wood.

Using the Flood Fill Pain Bucket Tool () fill the entire canvas on this new layer.

Step 4.)
Go to Filter->Noise->Add Noise and apply the following settings:

Result:

Step 5.)
Go to Filter->Blur->Motion Blur and apply the following settings:

Result:

Step 6.)
Now get out the Elliptical Marquee Tool () and make several oval selections all over the canvas as l have done here.Note: After you make the first selection, you can continue to make more selections by holding the SHIFT key on your keyboard down.

In all, l've made 27 selections:

Go to Filter->Distort->Twirl and apply the following settings:

Press CTRL + D on your keyboard to deselect the selections.

Result:

Step 7.)Photoshop 7 & Older: Press CTRL + G on your keyboard, to group this layer with the previous. Then press CTRL + E on your keyboard to Merge this layer, with our "Plank" layer.

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